Facts and observations relative to the fever commonly called puerperal.

  • Armstrong, John, 1784-1829.
Date:
1819
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Credit: Facts and observations relative to the fever commonly called puerperal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    exhibited till two o’clock on the ensuing morning; when three table spoonfuls were to be given, if awake, and repeated every two hours afterwards. She had several hours of sleep in the night, and at eight o’clock a. m. of the 31st, she was rather more composed; the heat and thirst being less urgent, and the pulse six beats less in the mi- nute. As only a part of the mixture had been taken, it produced no evacuation, and even the whole of the remainder was ineffectually admi- nistered ; so that at noon one ounce and a half of castor oil was given, which occasioned four dark-coloured stools by eight o’clock in the evening, when the pulse was 125, and the other symptoms as before. Twelve grains of the com- pound powder of ipecacuan were ordered at bed-time, with a view of allaying uneasiness, and exciting perspiration. She had but little sleep, and on the next morning, the 1st of September, there was no material change in her condition. The anodyne enema was once more had recourse to, and four of the colocynth pills with aloes were directed to be taken every six hours. But at eight o’clock in the evening the bowels had not been 2